bayous

美 [ˈbaɪuz]英 [ˈbaɪuːz]

bayous

频次

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N-COUNT （美国南部、尤指路易斯安那州的）牛轭湖，长沼
A bayou is a slow-moving, marshy area of water in the southern United States, especially Louisiana.

1

The family had a boat and they took me alligator hunting in the bayous .

这家人有一只船，他们会用船带我去长沼捕鳄鱼。
2

He was raised in the bayous by his uncle .

他在海湾沼泽被伯父养大。
3

The city is bisected by muddy , sluggish bayous , some banked by concrete , others not , whose chief function is to drain rainwater into Galveston Bay .

休斯敦市区被几条河道切割成段，河道泥泞污浊，水流呆滞，有些带混凝土堤岸，其他的则没有。这些河道的主要功能是将雨水排入加尔维斯顿湾。
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; ( 4 ) The natural regulation and storage capacity fall off by 40 % , the water-level with the same runoff at the bayous drives up 1.80 m-2.50 m ;

天然调蓄能力下降40%，湖口同流量水位抬高1.80~2.50m；
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Houston , which received 11-inches , most of it on Memorial Day , was particularly impacted thanks to the overflowing of the 2500 miles of bayous or waterways that meander through the city .

悼念日那天，11英寸的大雨使被2500英里左右的河湾与水道环绕的休斯顿遭受了严重的影响。